Hargreaves, J. S.J. , Chung, Y.-M., Ahn, W.-S., Hisatomi, T., Domen, K., Kung, M. C. and Kung, H. H. (2020) Minimizing energy demand and environmental impact for sustainable NH3 and H2O2 production—A perspective on contributions from thermal, electro-, and photo-catalysis. Applied Catalysis A: General, 594, 117419. (doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2020.117419)
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Abstract
There is an urgent need to provide adequate and sustainable supplies of water and food to satisfy the demand of an increasing population. Catalysis plays important roles in meeting these needs by facilitating the synthesis of hydrogen peroxide that is used in water decontamination and chemicals production, and ammonia that is used as fertilizer. However, these chemicals are currently produced with processes that are either very energy-intensive or environmentally unfriendly. This article offers the perspectives of the challenges and opportunities in the production of these chemicals, focusing on the roles of catalysis in more sustainable, alternative production methods that minimize energy consumption and environmental impact. While not intended to be a comprehensive review, the article provides a critical review of selected literature relevant to its objectives, discusses areas needed for further research, and potential new directions inspired by new developments in related fields. For each chemical, production by thermal, electro-, and photo-excited processes are discussed. Problems that are common to these approaches and their differences are identified and possible solutions suggested.
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| Additional Information: | J.S.J. Hargreaves acknowledges support from the EPSRC through grants GR/S87300/01, EP/J018384/1 and EP/L02537X/1 for work in the area of N2 activation and ammonia synthesis. T. Hisatomi and K. Domen acknowledge financially support from the Artificial Photosynthesis Project of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (no. 18H05156) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Y.-M, Chung and W.-S. Ahn acknowledge support from Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2016R1D1A3B02006928) and the C1 Gas Refinery Program (2016M3D3A1A01020783) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT. H.H. Kung and M.C. Kung acknowledge support from the Institute of Catalysis for Energy Processes, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of science, Basic Energy Sciences under Award Number DOE DE-FG02-03-ER15457 |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Hargreaves, Professor Justin |
| Authors: | Hargreaves, J. S.J., Chung, Y.-M., Ahn, W.-S., Hisatomi, T., Domen, K., Kung, M. C., and Kung, H. H. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Chemistry |
| Journal Name: | Applied Catalysis A: General |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0926-860X |
| ISSN (Online): | 1873-3875 |
| Published Online: | 26 January 2020 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Applied Catalysis A: General 594:117419 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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